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MINGLU ZHENG
Into The Blue | 2012
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Contents Project Leader 01
Floating NymphĂŠas leisure center - hangzhou
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2009 dna
Stacked Courtyards china national sinology center competition - beijing
2011 urbanus
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Old Factory Redevelopment textile factory conversion and transformation - shanghai
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2011 urbanus
Veil for the New Metropolis facade design for lv flagship store - beijing
2011 urbanus
School Design 51 Dynamic Social Life adaptive space + breathable facade
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2013 Columbia University GSAPP
Unit - UnitĂŠ d'habitation 5 points narrate fort lee housing
2014 Columbia University GSAPP
87 Building as Narrative Landscape museum of steel molding city - anshan
2010 Central Academy of Fine Arts
Tableware & Furniture 97
Unforbidden City alessi, tray
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Babble bag + table, parametric realization
Artworks 101 Sketch 105 Painting
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FLOATING NYMPHÉAS Xixi Leisure Center is one of the 12 buildings located in an ar t and culture compound in Xixi National Wetland Park, a cluster architecture commissioned to 12 Chinese architects by Hangzhou city government. This project is for a spa and community center, the intention of the project was to establish an experiential relationship between a group of buildings and the context. Using natural feathers of overlapping leaves to constitute a system that could orgnize verticle traffic experiences effectly, meanwhile, creating comfortable leisure public spaces. Location: Xixi National Wetland Park, Hangzhou, PRC Client: Hangzhou Government Building Area: 6300sqm Design Phase: 2008/1—2009/7 Construction Phase: Construction(to be completed 2015) Architect: DnA_Design and Architecture Design Team: TT Xu, ML Zheng, L Li, T Wang, G Elliott ML Zheng's Role: Project Leader: Original concept, coordination of design team, engineers and contractors in schematic development, structural studies.
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The tiny Thumelina woke up very early in the morning, and when she saw where she was she began to cry bitterly; for no every side of the great green leaf was water, and she could not get to the land.
FLOATING WATER LILY LEAVES The format and organization of leaves leads an outdoor promenade from the paths up to roof terraces discovering small water lily ponds, eventually unveiling the wetland to a panoramic view from above. A pause on these leaves might evoke a déjà vu, a fantasy traced back thousands years ago from our ancestors’ believes, that after years and years of intense mental and physical training, we, human beings, are able to pause upon water, light as a fur, alert as a dragonfly, meditating the breeze and aroma in our nature. 04
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The leisure center will house leisure function as open and continuous circulation on ground level and sunken into activity pools imitating paths and ponds of wetland topography, while on second level, spedicalized SPA rooms become individual spaces, like the thumbnail floating in water lily leaves, carried by leisure circulation underneath.
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RELATIONSHIPS OF AMBIGUITY The public spaces get their charachter after their proximity to the context, creating more layers and inbetween spaces, graduating to private from edge and inside. It creates overlapping and continiously fluent spaces. We sense limitation and limitless of space at the same time, closure and aperture giving a curious sense of distance. Loose relation to context and blurred border. 08
Second floor plan
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STACKED COURTYARDS The National Sinology Center acts not only as an academic institute, but more importantly as a display window communicating the originality of Guoxue(Sinology), with a critical mission of preserving and spreading knowledge. The concept has raised t wo cr ucial problems in regards to the design. Firstly, research has determined that" Guoxue" has encountered a stage facing a critical crisis genetically Theturns National Sinology Center acts not only asit has been out to be commercialized. Secondly, an academic institute, but more as traditional problematic to express and importantly evaluate the a display window the originality Chinese spiritcommunicating while the manifestation of such topics of Guoxue(Sinology), with a critical mission of that are has turned into incomprehensive fantasies preserving knowledge. The center most ofand the spreading time remote from everyday life. The project, which is located in the national Olympic plays the role of the most important ritual device,center, has provided opportunities these issues. which challenges the designto tosolve analyze disposition possibilities and the implication of the abstract oriental spirit. Location: Olympic Park, Beijing, PRC Client: State Council, PRC Building Area: 70000sqm upground 50000sqm, underground 20000sqm Design Phase: 2011 Architect: URBANUS Design Team: H Wang, G Hao, ML Zheng, HY Zhao, H Jennifer ML Zheng's Role: Project Leader: Oringinal concept, co-ordination of design team, structural studies and drawing.
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URBANIZED SINOLOGY National sinology center will become the engine of contemporary urban culture, the platform of connection between Chinese tradition and real life. It brings the Chinese ancient spirit, the ideal world hidden in the nature to the central areas of Beijing, and by the means of " hidding the secret in front of public", create a cultural center in which we could be preaching enlightening and deliberating the Chinese ancient philosophy, which is called urbanized Chinese sinology center.
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
Beijing Railway Station
Chinese-style Westernization
National Style
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DIGITAL BEIJING BUILDING BIRD’S NEST STADIUM
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Fragrant Hill Hotel
China Pavillion Expo Shanghai
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LOGICAL SPACES The design concept is to translate the inner spirit of "Sinology" into an urbanized background. The open floor plan at the ground floor has mingled the generic urban lifestyle with exhibition and educational spaces, leading the flow of pedestrian traffic upwards which emphasizes the physical and metaphorical transition between chaotic urban scenes to sublimantion 1.People flow from West personal experience. The scenes along the journey are carefully constructed via clear logical architectural spaces: the void spaces have a frame and tanon structure elaborating the "blankness" and " meditative" spirit lingering in traditional Chinese architecture. 20
The space on the ground floor and underground level blends in with the daily life. It houses a combination of art, literature, commercial and recreational activities.
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Poems Exhibition
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Wushu Gymnasium
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1. calligraphy school 2. minister hall 3. chinese civilization palace 4. civilization palace hall 5. water patio 6. yiniantang 7. temporary exhibition hall 8. traditional culture forum 9. vip hall 10. ancients hall 11. small show room 12. office room 13. guoxue theatre 14. entrance hall 15. guoxue trainning center 16. guoxue experience 17. guoxue lecture 18. bus parking space 19. vip parking space 20. underground garage
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OLD FACTORY REDEVELOPMENT Under the process of urban renewal ,the redevelopment of shanghai jiading mill factory is about creating a mutifunctional industral park that is fit for economic development and keep the original city memory and historical context. The specificity of the layout and architectral language of original factory space brings great possibility of revolution, leading us to design a public space with modern industries and an image as the new landmark of Jiading old town. Location: Jiading District, Shanghai, PRC Client: Jiading Shanghai Investment Co. Floor Area: 43137sqm Design Phase: 2011 Construction Phase: Under Construction Architect: UBANUS Design Team: H Wang, ML Zheng, T Wang, Z Zhang ML Zheng's Role: Project leader: Oringinal concept, co-ordination of design team, enginners and contractors in schematic development, structural studies and drawing.
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EXISTING CONDITIONS & CHALLENGES Oringinal Shanghai textile mill located in the south of Jiading old town, next to the moat, which is a very important position. As the development of Jiading old town, the main challenge of the project lies in maintianing the original urban memories and historical context, while creating a comprehensive industrial park. 1 how to integrate with the existing urban fabric 2 how to introduce new programs to activate the factory area 3 how to create a cultural landmark in the old town 31
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From Point to Area: Stimulating Disused Factory Space In order to keep reconstruction to a minimum, we orgnize public space nodes which spread from the core, from point to area. Using a series of nodes to stimulate original factory space, and form a new city interface in the areas surrounding the site.
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Body of Building
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insulating glass curtain wall (exposed frame) openable hidden frame insulating glass curtain wall (exposed frame) insulated aluminum alloy glass curtain frame
glass steel barrier ceiling
anticorrosive wood floor
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VEIL FOR THE NEW METROPLIS Situated at the junction of Chang'an Avenue and East Third Ring Road, the store occupies the two story podium of the China World Trade Center.The store has a seventy-meter long facade front, designed to catch attention along Chang'an Avenue. The design takes advantage of the long facade to create different experiences for viewers at different distances and travelling at different speeds. Location: Chang'an Avenue, Beijing, PRC Client: Louis Vuitton Malletier Design Phase: 2011 Architect: URBANUS Collaborators: THISMEDIA Design Team: H Wang, ML Zheng, Deborah A. Richards Minglu's Role: Oringinal concept, coordination of design team, schematic development.
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The world trade center is located in Beijing east Changan avenue and east sanhuan road junction, which is the capital of eastern Beijing's transportation hub. This area is frequently loaded with heavy vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The facade design is in response to the slowing down in the speed of movement, captivating people's attention as they pass the store.
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Taking public transportation cause congestion, result in a large number of buses stop for long time.
the surge of the vehicle number leads to a road traffic jam. as the compounds of commercial network and the schools and companies, traffic gets more serious.
people riding bicycel & motorcycle do not obey the traffic role, causing the increasing of traffic.
some walking people walk on the road instead of using the overpass or underpass leading chaos order.
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An array of patterned glass creats a volume that modulates light and information
SURFACE TO DEPTH, STATIC TO DYNAMIC Using an array of patterned glass to creat a volume that modulates light and information, to articulate Louis Vuitton's heritage in an innovative way, to extend the artistic and architectural dimension of Louis Vuuitton, to contribute to the city with an urban installation. 44
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DYNAMIC PATTERN A pattern composed of Louis Vuitton logle is applied to each pane. The "damier" pattern is gradually dissolved into smaller scales in order to enhance the visual effect. The angle and size of the varying panes make the overlapping image appear three dimensional. The glass panes gradually rotate to create varying levels of overlap. This magically transforms the static Louis Vuitton pattern into a visual dynamic effect. The architecture is enlivened by the viewer's changing perspective. An interactive relationship is created between the building and the viewer. 46
The illuminated volume acts as an 87M wide lantern prominent
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The general light system supports a homogeneous lighting condition
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Illuminated cavity lighting system
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WHITE SILK PRINT
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The upper part of the glass panes are hung by an independant structure beneath the existing third floof beams.The body of the panel is perforated with circularholes to minimize the lateral wind load. The lower part of the glass panes are stabilized by two members:1. within each column bay, a tensile cable ties every panel nd brings the load to the column through compression struts.2. hinge fittings anchor the end of the panel to the wall structure.
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DYNAMIC SOCIAL LIFE Adaptive space + Breathable facade Professor: David Benjamin, Ali H. Brivanlou Date: 2013.9-2013.12
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dynamic social life Biological Experiment / Rockefeller Research Building, Rockefeller University, 10/25/2013
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Life today is ever-changing and incredibly dynamic: both physically and spirtually. Our feelings and behaviors are ever moving, shifting, and our architecture should be able to respond to these dynamics. Inspired by biological phenomena and logic, this project aims to illustrate how the “interior network of social places� of a building can mold and change its architectural form and function.
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Social Life Needs RNA processing Ribosome & translation Mitochonadria Peroxisome Secretion & vesicle transport
Metabolism & amino acid biosynthesis
Cell Signaling Network
Protein folding & glycosylation Cell wall biosynthesis Cell polarity & morphogenesis DNA replication & repair Mitosis & chr. segregation Nuclear migration & protein degradation Chromatin & transcriptiom Nuclear-cytoplasmic transport
Network of Social Spaces Inspired by cell signalling network system, try to transform this to social spaces network of a bulding. The signal sent in an ambryo implies the people living inside of a builidng. People’s behaviors in the public spaces desides the position and volume of social centers, and the relationship between social centers during the time mode and change its architectual form and functions, forming dynamic social netwok.
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Unit- UnitÊ d’Habitation Interlocking apartment shows the one direction flow of people from public space to private space.
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Unit- UnitÊ d’Habitation 3D interlocking Apartment By transforming the original 2d interlocking apartment to 3d, both vertically and horizontally, making the new stable structure and verious circulation between spaces.
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The verhical and people circulations are seperated by the artificial platforms vertically but keep continuous through the west residential part to the east park horizontally.
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BUILDING AS NARRATIVE LANDSCAPE The project is for a steel museum on the hillside of suburb in an industral city - Anshan. The intention of the project was to establish an experiential relationship between the building and the landscape. Using a system of color(merterial), the circulation with different possibilities that lead people from inside to outdoor space, from urban to nature, arousing the awareness of people to protect the environment during the rapid industrial development. Location: Anshan, Liaoning Province, PRC Institute: Central Academy of Fine Arts Studio Leader: Kijo Rokkaku Tutor: YL Xue Design Phase: Apr.2010 - Jul.2010 Duration: 16 weeks Graduate Design Minor Award of Central Academy of Fine Arts
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"Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul."
In Blue by Wassily Kandinsky
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Sculpture Plaza + Nature Park + Outdoor Exhibition
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Sculpture Plaza + Nature Park + Outdoor Exhibition
300’ Sculpture Plaza + Spectator Services + 300’ Indoor Exhibition + Nature Park + Outdoor Exhibition + Sculpture Plaza
Sculpture Plaza + Spectator Services + Indoor Exhibition + Nature Park + Outdoor Exhibition + Sculpture Plaza
MATERIAL AS A NARRATIVE DEVICE The exhitbition is infiltrated throughout with color coded clues. Visitors enter the building with a mixture of industrial elements celebrating the development of science in modern society. As the visitors continue their journey, the spaces transfroms from close to open, from the artificial to the natural. When people are personally on the scene of natural and look back to the industral city, it is not only the experience they enjoy, but also the consciousness of environmental protection being aroused. 90
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facade + roofs + walls + ramps + beams + columns
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UNFORBIDDEN CITY The “(Un)Forbidden City” is Alessi new metaproject that aims at exploring the potential of Chinese product design. Alessi has invited 7 best renowned Chinese architects who for the first time ever have been asked to tackle an industrial design project and to give their own interpretation of one of Alessi’s most typological archetype: the tray. The concept is inspired of the conceptial reversal of forbidden city - natural landscape, and try to interpret by the functional and elegant tray product. Client: Alessi Design Phase: 2011 Architect: URBANUS Design Team: H Wang, ML Zheng Minglu's Role: Oringinal concept, coordination of design team, schematic development.
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BABBLE The project is aim to design a portable furniture prototype which could be used as both the bag and table for people to carry out for picnic. "BABBLE" means bag and table at the same time, by using rhino and grasshopper to analyse the angle of each piece of wood to make sure it could stay stablely which is a combination of parametric and practical design. Institute: Columbia University GSAPP Tutor: Mark Bearak, Brigette Borders Design Phase: Sep.2013 - Oct.2013 Duration: 4 weeks
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MY ARCHITECTURE
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SKETCH Pencil drawing on card
FLOW
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HANDS
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FORBIDDEN FRUIT
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BACK
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BALLET
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RAIN
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Prepared Chinese Ink, Shade
PAINTING Freehand Brushwork Drawing
NymphĂŠas
| 2009
Prepared Chinese ink, Color ink
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INTO THE BLUE
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Watercolor, Propylene paint
EYE
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Pastels, Colored-pencil
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Zheng Minglu Tel: 917-2445366 E-mail: mlzheng1031@gmail.com, mz2420@columbia.edu
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Professional Experience Architect URBANUS Architecture & Design Inc. Beijing, P.R.China
(07/2010 - 04/2013)
Internship DnA_Design and Architecture Beijing, P.R.China
(03/2008 - 05/2009)
UAA_Urbanization Architecture Atelier Beijing, P.R.China
(05/2009 - 10/2009)
Education Columbia University | GSAPP
New York, NY, US
(05/2013 - 05/2014)
Master of Science Advanced Architecture Design China Central Academy of Fine Arts
Beijing, P.R.China
(09/2005 - 07/2010)
Bachelor of Architecture
(07/2010)
Studio of Kijo Rokkaku
(10/2009 - 07/2010)
Relevant Publication Collection of Excellent Students' Design Work in China Pefect Education in Painting
China Architecture & Building Press
Jilin Fine Arts Press
(2009) (2007)
Honors & Awards Graduate Design Minor Award
Central Academy of Fine Arts
Central Academy of Fine Arts Major Award Central Academy of Fine Arts Outstanding student of school of Architecture Central Academy of Fine Arts Honorable Prize Architecture Design Competition for National College Student
(07/2010) (2008 -2009) (2007-2008) (10/2007)
Extracurricular Activities Volunteer of Beijing Olympic Games Beijing, P.R.China
(08/2008)
Volunteer of International Architectral Education Conference Beijing,P.R.China
(09/2007)
Junior Anshan Swimming Team Chinese Swimming Association
(2002)
Silver award of Shuanglong Cup Painting Competition China National Youth Palace Association (06/2000) Piano Grade 8 Chinese Conservatory of Music
(08/2000)
Other Skills Software AutoCAD, Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper, Vray, Diva, Sketchup, Maya, Python, GSA, Ecotect Analysis, Adobe Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, ArcGIS, Moviemaker Language Chinese, English, Japanese
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